How many broken bodies, how many babies torn apart, how many headlines soaked in blood will it take before this nation wakes up?
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
The child went to visit her sister's house where she was raped on March 6
A court yesterday framed charges against four individuals in connection with the Magura child rape and murder case.
The interim government has in principle decided to bring necessary changes to the existing Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, including introducing a provision to have a tribunal to deal with child rape cases.
After an agonising six-day struggle for life, the eight-year-old Magura girl succumbed to her injuries yesterday, leaving the nation in mourning.
The child suffered three cardiac arrests this morning
Condition 'very critical' as brain remains unresponsive, says CA press wing
The eight-year-old girl from Magura suffered four cardiac arrests yesterday, Bangladesh Army wrote on Facebook last night.
A culture of impunity, moral degradation and culprits’ getting political backing in many cases are the major reasons why incidents of rape and sexual violence continue unabated in the country, according to experts and rights activists.
A six-year-old girl was allegedly violated and a mother of two was allegedly gang-raped in Jashore and Feni on Tuesday night.
Bangladesh needs a law with a provision of maximum punishment for raping an under-16 girl to stop sexual violence against women, say members of a rights platform.
A number of human rights organisations have expressed concerns over rising incidents of child rape at a protest rally on April 25 at the central Shaheed Minar. According to their statistics, in just the last three months, as many as 99 children became victims of rape all over the country.
A six-year-old kindergarten student is allegedly raped in Bogra’s Shibganj upazila.
The Indian government yesterday approved the death penalty for child rapists, after the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old
A five-year-old girl is allegedly raped by a man in Faridpur Medical College Hospital of Faridpur Sadar.
A video of leading Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte joking about a murdered Australian rape victim provokes a storm of protest.
Two youths allegedly rape a university admission seeker at a Moghbazar residential hotel in Dhaka.
The one-stop crisis centres (OCC), formed in 2001 to facilitate medical treatment, police assistance, social services, legal assistance and counselling for women and children who were victims of repression, have reportedly been reduced to providing medical services only.
